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Personalized Water Bottles

Personalized Water Bottles

Personalized water bottles are a great way to put a stamp on your personality, or mark a special occasion with a gift or giveaway for your wedding,

birth announcement, or even business promotion. Most people will assume it is very costly to have something like this made especially for them, however, there are businesses who specialize in this really brings the cost down considerably.

Let’s explore some of the most popular ideas to personalize your water container:

Personalized Water Bottle Labels: This is a really great idea! For your wedding rehearsal, before the wedding and at reception, you can serve water purchased at bulk warehouses (think Costco) and replace the labels with these custom numbers. There are many designs you can choose to help customize your label. You’ll be able to design the label on a website and proof it before shipment. And they aren’t just for weddings. You can make labels for birthday parties, baby showers, anniversaries, graduation parties – you name it! There is usually a minimum purchase and the labels can cost around 50 cents per label. Shop around for the best prices.

Custom Designed Twenty Four ounce Stainless Steel Fitness Bottles: These are great promotional and gift ideas! Everyone will think you spent much more money that you did. These bottles come in seven colors, and can be printed in nine colors. Each bottle comes with a matching colored carabineer and twist top. Prices start at about $6 per bottle. This is a great way to get low cost advertising and make an impression with a current or potential client for your business.

Reusable Aluminum Water Bottle: for those of you who want to cut back on plastic, this can be an excellent purchase. Along with a water filtration system, you’ll have all the benefits of clean, healthy water, without having to purchase cases of bottled water. These are great for everyday use, camping trips, backpacking, cycling, etc. The wide mouth opening is perfect for being able to unscrew the top and add ice to your water or cold beverage.

My Name Water Bottle: do you want to make your child feel pretty special? Why not ordering a custom bottle with their name on it? Each child or family member can have their own – so they’re not constantly fighting over which drink is whose! At around $10 per bottle, they aren’t cheap, but considering that you’ll have them for quite some time makes the price easy to swallow. (Yep. Shameless pun intended.)

Why be boring? Personalized water bottles are getting to be very popular today. You can order promotional water bottles for giveaways for your business, and sports water bottles for your favorite team. Hint – you can often find these souvenirs much cheaper online than at the sports shops at the stadiums. Encourage your kids to drink more water by giving them their own personalized kids water bottles. They will be much less likely to lose their own cup, too. They will love their personalize gifts – my kids really like drinking from theirs.

Cheap Water Bottles

Cheap Water Bottles

Cheap water bottles are pretty easy to find today.  And when I say cheap, how does under $5 sound? 

If you have a large family, or just on a budget, you can start from scratch and buy water bottles for the whole crew without breaking the bank.

These inexpensive water containers are typically made from plastic, or Lexan – a GE product.  (Lexan is a virtually indestructible material that your refrigerator drawers are made of, among other things.)  Most will have flip up or corkscrew type lids.  They are available in every color of the rainbow to make it much easier to identify the person drinking from it.  Most all of these cheap bottles are also dishwasher safe.

Let’s look a little closer at what you will find with a quick search:

CamelBak Water Bottle:  these are BPA free bottles (especially important for the health conscious person).  Their unique design makes them easy to attach to a carabineer.  It has a really cool bite valve (manufactured from medical grade silicone – taste-free), too, so it’s very easy to sip from and not spill.  The full line of CamelBak Better Bottles has been BPA free since mid 2008.  Available in 3 sizes and over 20 colors!  Retail prices between $3 and $18.  For the money, definitely the coolest looking bottle!

Swiss Gear 32oz GE Lexan Bottle:  These multi-colored water bottles have wide mouth openings for easy hand cleaning, but are dishwasher safe.  They are also microwave safe.  The cap is attached to the bottle and is a screw top lid, and nice grip for secure handling.  Lexan is a GE material.  It is virtually unbreakable.  If you are one to be a little careless (or accident prone!), this could be a great choice.  Priced at under $5, you can fill several bottles for a days hike or camping adventure.

Nalgene Tritan one quart BPA free wide mouth Water Bottle:  This is a great seller!  1 quart is a good size for a bicycle ride, or shorter hike.  A big focus for Nalgene is to provide it’s customers with a product that doesn’t leave an aftertaste and is healthy.  This bottle is BPA free – a must for those who are concerned about plastics which may adversely affect your health with prolonged exposure.  It features a loop attachment to the lid, and the large opening makes it easier for filling from filtered water dispensers.  Currently available in 8 colors, these bottles have a price tag between $9 and $15.

It’s great to have plenty of  reusable cheap water bottles on hand for working out at the gym, day trips, backpacking, or even to keep in the fridge at work. Plastic water bottles may have BPA.  This could be a concern if you have sports water bottles with a logo of your favorite team.  So, if you are the slightest bit of a health nut, make sure you look for bpa free water bottles.  You can find cheap stainless steel water bottles, but my experience is they leave a slight aftertaste.  They keep water cold longer, but if you don’t like aftertaste, pass on metal.